Shoe-polishing machine.



No. 802,83?. l PATENTED 00T. 24, 1905.

P. WBINHOLT. SHOE PGLISHING MAGMNE.

AILIGATION FILED APR. 10, 1905.

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Depending from the short arm of the bellcrank lever 6 is a link 12, Whose lower end is end of the crank- I' arm 13, of a rock-shaft 14, indented in the arrns of a U-shaped bracket 15, carried by the base,the opposite end of said rock-shaft terniinatin in a long arm 16, disposed in a plane V.para el to the plane of the crank-arm a j'n'elerably, separate spring 26', the free end' 18, butat an angle to the general direction of saidcrank-arm. The arm 16 passes loosely through' thehandle or arm 17 of the Vampbrush c, near the body of the brush', the end of the brush-handle being loosely connected to a bearing 18, swiveled to the post P. Carried by the arm 16 are disks 19 20, between which. and the brush-handle are interposed springs 21 22 for a purpose presently to appear. lt will be seen from the connections 'just described that an oscillation of the lever 4 will oscillate the link 12, coupled to the bell-crank lever 6, said link in turn oscillating the crank-arm' 18, so as to in turn rock the rock-shaft 14 in its bearings.

which in turn oscillates the brush. a in a substantially vertical plane about the swiveled end of the brush-handle 17 as a pivot. .The c'ontour of the brush c is such that it enibraces the shoe-vamp and the adjacent por'- tions of the sole, over which the brush yieldingly plays under the resilient'action of the springs 21 22. The play between the arm 16 and the brush-handle 17 is allowed for by the elongation of the slot 23, through which the arin 16 passes.

For convenience the reciprocating belt or band formed by the straps 8 8" and chain'Q' will be referred to as the brush-carrier or brush-.band. This carries the brushes b, b, and c, the two former serving to engage the sides of the shoe and c the counter or back of the shoe. Each brush is hinged at one end to the lower end of a plate or bracket 24, riveted to and' depending froin the brushcarrier band, the body of the brush passing through an encoinpassing-loop projecting outwardly l'roln` the bracket. rlhe Inetal 'strip '26,'to which the back of each brush is secured, has its lower end llexed upward into of which bears against the end of the loop 25, thus forcing the brush.1nwardly and against The rocking of the shaft 14 oscillates the arm 16,

cease? the shoe placed on the platform or foot-rest 11. The springs allow the brushes to yield as they rub over the uneven' contour of the shoe. Secured in any convenient mechanical manner to the brush-band is a receptacle 27, for holding a suitable polishing compound which is fed to the brush a by the roller or pad 28 on the principle of an ink-roller. With each alternate oscillation of the vamprush a the latter rubs up against the roller 28, thus taking up a quantity of polish and spreading it over the front of the shoe. ln the reciprocations of the brush-band the remaining brushes l), l), and c successively advance the polish thus spread to the rear until the entire surface to be polished is supplied with blacking.

The operation has already been incidentally adverted to, but may be reviewed at this point: The operator or the person desiring the shine places his foot on the rest 11. By oscillating the lever 4 up and down the brush-band will be reciprocated back and forth over the wheel 10, the brushes l) l rubbing the sides of the shoe, the counter-brush c rubbing the back of the shoe, and the vanip- 'brush Vc engaging the entire front or upper of the shoe. The travel of any one brush overlaps that of its adjacent one, so that a certain ainount of polish spread byone brush will be'further distributed by the next brush until the4 'entire shoe-surface is covered.

.With eVeryse'cOnd stroke the vamp-brush a dips against the supply-roller 28 and initially spreads'the polish over the shoe, the springs of the several'brushes allowing the latter t" readily conform to the contour of the shoe. l/Vhen the niachine is not in use, it may-be folded, as shown in Fig. 8., in a manner too obvious for any detailed explanation.

'ljnay of corse avail inyself of any and all` equivalents of the details here shown without in any wise affecting the nature or spirit of my invention. Y

Having described 'iny invention, what l claim is- A 1. ln a shoe-polishing machine, a suitable pivoted lever, a connecting-rod coupled thereto on each side of the fulcri'lrnv of the lever, bell-crank levers coupled `at one endto` the adjacent. ends of the, connecting-rods, and a reciprocating brush-band having its ends secured to the adj agent ends 'of theoellcrank leverssubstantially as 'setfortlt 2. In a shoe-polishing machine, asuitablo pivoted lever, a connecting# rod coupled thereto on each slide of the fulerurn of the lever, bell-cranks coupled atpne endftol the adjacent ends of the connecting-rods', a reciprocating brush band or traveling in a horizpntal plane' having its ends secured to the adjacent ends of the bell-crank levers, a wheel for the'travel ofthe brush-band, and a foot-rest located ,between the laps of the band, 'substantially as set forth.

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eating brush-band having its ends secured to 'the adjacent arms of the bell-cranks, s disk havin a terminal crankerni connected to oscillste, end en erm on the opposite end of senses it,

3. ln e shoe-polishing machine, s. suitshlc ,operetingdovainr,P e, connectingsrod coupled t lereto on each sicle of the fulerum of the lever, oscillating belLGrsnlKs, having each one arm pivotelly cou led to the lower ends oi the connecting-ro s, e horisontsllysecipr or wheel for the tissage end support of the band, `1ifootrest coated between the le s of the band, e link de ending from one o the arms of one of the ell-cranks, s rocleshsft the a. jacent end of the link, s vamp-brush having sn erin about Whose end it is free to the rock-shaft yieldin 1y connected to the vemp-brush, substantie y es set forth.

4. A shoe-polishing machine comprising a, suitable Lbese, n standard or posi', projecting from the' seme, en operating-lever pivoted to the post snol oscillating in s verticsll plone, connecting-rods pivoted to the lever on esclu side of the post,- bell-cranks pivoted on each side of the post below the lever end having their short arms secured to the adjacent ends of the respective connectin '-rods, s contracting-spring connecting the s ort arm. of one of the bell-orenks to the bese of the machine, s link de ending from the short erm of the op posite hell-crank, e rook-shslit mounted on the bese and terminating et one end in s crank-erm, secured to the iower end of the link, a vamp-brush homingu en erm coupled to e swivel-beering carried hy the post, e slot the erin cerrieol by the rockshsft, springs enbeing-formed in seid brush-arm, en omi et the opposite end of the rock-shaft disposed et en ingle to the omnia-erm end sssing through the slot oi the brushnrln, disks on 4o circling seid erm and interposed between 'the brushn erm and the respective disks, n s rocket-chain, s disk therefor mounted on tiie bese, stre s leading from the chain to the ends of the ong arms oi the bell-cranks, brushes on the chain, end e foot-rest located between the chein-le is, the erts @pointing i substantially ss, amil for t e purpose set forth.

5. ln e shoe-polishing;l machine, e reeiipro-n 5o eating hand carrying brushes for rubbing against the sides sind counter of the shoe, n suplplyped on the bend, end en indepenctn ent ywopcrstecl brush adopted to di against the supplyi )ed end spread the po ish over 5 5 the vsrnp oi the shoe, substantially es set forth.

6. ln e shoepolislnng Inschine, o travel.-n ing band, s bracket depending therefrom, n brush pivot-eil to the bracket, s loop on. the bend encompassing the brush, und ft spring benring against the loop end bush respec tively for forcingF the letter toward the shoe to lbe polished, substantially es set forth;

In testimony whereoiE l stlix my signature 6 5 1n presence of two witnesses.

PAUL ltllflltllirlll.

Witnessesz EMU. Smiles, Jos. it. Minnen. 

